Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-02-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas Leeislature.

Kansas Legislature.
THERE was no session OF the Senate On
The Sd Proceedings In the House were un-
Important. Several bills were introduced and
the Wallace County special order was further
postponed. Various committees reported.
among the reports being that OF the Committee
On Temperance who reported the Metropolitan
Police bill with some few siiiall Changes but
leaving the bill practically as it was first intro
duced. The resolution instructing the commit
tee to find out how much profits there were to
the State Printer received on the SIS. 800, re-
ceived by him for printing, wss adopted. This
resolution provides Tor the searcnlng Of the
Scale OF wages paid employees, the purchase of
7 stock, ETC. Mr.. WElhoite's resolution was
adopted asking Congress to pension all ;oldiers
and sailors over fifty five years 3D. and all who
hre dsprndent upon their own labor. Mr.. Veale's
Oklahoma Territory concurrent resolution, ask
Congress to Organize the debated lands, was
adopted Adjourned.
AMONG the bills introduced in the Senate
on the cath were two bills amending the Pro-
hibiticn law. One Of these was by Senator
Bawden and i,np5sss heavy penalties upor
druggists Who fail to comply with the strict lei.
ter OF the law. The following concurrent resO-
| buttons passed. Relating to land grants in re-
| gard to right of way for the St. Louis, Baxter
Springs & Mexican railway Kansas corpora
| tiOn; for Joint committee fSr the e9nsider5-
ticn OF silk culture; for joint committed 10
| meet with the Governor and State House Com
missioners to examine plans for main CAPT.
| toll building. Adjourned In the House Mr..
| Admire introduced bill abolishing the free
| pass system to members and officers OF
| the Legislature. Mr. SIMPSON, Of McPher.
| SON. introduced three railroad bills. They
refer to restricting Bond voting in aid Of
| railroads. Mr.. RoetEeH introduced bill re-
| quiring railroads to place bulletin toafa IN
| the waiting room Of every station giving the
| arrival and departure of trains and noting on
the board at each telegraph station II trains are
| late and the estimated delay. The bill giving
to the Governor the appointment Of Railroad
Commissioners failed to pass iiDe8 Third rsad-
| Ing, not having received the constitutional
| majority. The bill amending the act regulating
common schools passed. Adjourned.
PETITIONS for municipal suffrage for
| women were presented in the Senate on the
! 25th. A bill was introduced Gy the Ways and
Means Committee repeating the laws relating to
the State Board of Health and providing for a
State and local board. A bill was introduced
making 1t unlawful for any mining or manufac-
turing establishment to pay employees in any
other manner than by lawful money. bill
was also introduced making the use of intoxi-
eating liquors Of any kind at the polls INSIDE
meanor. Adjourned. In the House petitions
were presented and bills introduced, the more
important of the latter being: An act relating to
the shipment of livestock, grah ETC.; relating
to the organization, government and compensa.
ton of the militia; amending the act for the
regulation and support of common schools; The
special committee to inquire into the Status
of Wallace County reported that the county
OF Wallace had never been and is not now legally
organized. Consideration was extended into
the afternoon session, during which Mr.. Carroll
offered substitute that Mr.. Shatterly be adj
mitted delegate from Wallace County
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admit of legislative recognition Of the county's
organization The substitute was adopted. A
motion to reconsider the vote of Monday by
which the bill regarding the appointment Of
Railroad Commissioners was lost, was adopted
by 63 to 49, The bill was again put upon it's
passage but failed to receive enough votes and a
call of the House was demanded. At late hour
the roll-call showed just constitutional ma
1ority. and the bill was declared passed The
bill gives the appointment to the Governor In
stead of the Executive Council. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th among the bills
introduced was one creating State Board Of
Horticulture and several other bills Of but little
general interest The bill to constitute nine
hours days work was debated at some length
but no final action reached. In the House
petitions came in as usual and several bills,
mostly of local character, were introduced.
Bills were considered in Committee of the
Whole The bill to prevent election frauds,
which provides that all ballots shall contain the
names of the regular nominees OF the several
parties. caused considerable discussion, but no
action was reached. Recess. The House, in
Committee Of the Whole resumed consideration
of bills in the afternoon, and when the commit
tee rose, adjourned,
In the Senate on the 27th the bill grant
ing municipal suffrage to women was debated
at length in Committee Of the Whole and finally
recommended for passage. Several appropria-
ton bills were introduced. Among the bills
passed was an act to secure laborers engaged in
and about coal mines and manufactures the
payment of their wages at regular intervals and
in lawful money Of the United States. Also the
bill to protect miners by requiring companies
operating mines to provide uniform signals in
mines using steam-hoisting machinery In the
House among the bills introduced was one by
the Labor Committee making it unlawful for
mine owners to screen coal, mined by the
bushel or ton, before the same is weighed and
credited up to the miner, and requiring the |
weigher to subscribe to an oath to do justice to
both employer and employed. The concurrent
resolution for a joint committee for examining
the State printing establishment was adopted. |
The bill to prevent frauds at elections passed. |
This bill prohibits the printing of the name of
candidate upon ballot unless it is the regular |
nominee of his party. In the afternoon the |
House, in Committee of the Whole, considered |
Oils On the Calendar. ADJOURNED.
In the Senate on the 2Sth but little was |
done except discussing the Woman Municipal |
Suffrage bill, which was finally passed by a vote
of 25 to 49, In executive session the Senate con-
firmed the nomination Of Senator Kirk to be a |
member Of the State Board Of Charities. Ad- |
journed until Monday at seven p. m. -. In the |
House Mr.. Carroll, Of Leavenworth, asked that |
the Judiciary Committee be instructed to re- |
port on his resolution to strike the word white
MT ~ no if,1fi r1ro lor |
granted the committee to make a report A
large number OF bills were introduced and COM
mittees reported Among the bills passed we're:
Requiring owners Of hedges along highways to
keep the same trimmed; to amend the act con-
corning mortgages; to prevent fire insurance
from removing suits from the State
to Federal Courts; to enable owners of real es-
tate to maintain action to quiet title; exempt
ing the property Of Grand Army posts and aux
liaries from taxation. and a number Of local
bills. The House then, in Committee Of the
Whole, considered bills on the calendar, and
when the committee rose adjourned.
Miscellaneous.
THE fourteen-year-old daughter of F. NJ.
Starnes, residing near Leavenworth, was
recently brutally assaulted by negro
while on her way from school and search
ng party found her in an insensible condl-
lion at the roadside. The negro was ar
rested and confessed the crime.
THE residence of G. c. Miller at Hutchin-
son was burned to the ground the other
night The loss was 5000; insurance,
IS 900.
THE sheriffs lately held State conven-
ton at Topeka.
PREPARE for blowing.
A CONCURRENT resolution has passed the
Legislature calling attention to the made
luate mail service in Kansas and urging